Method and apparatus for efficiently reporting a cqi/csi measurement report

ABSTRACT

To solve the above-mentioned problem, a method in which a terminal reports channel state information comprises the following steps: receiving, plurality from a base station, information on a plurality of patterns to be used in a channel state measurement; receiving, from the base station, selection information for selecting a pattern from among the plurality of patterns that is to be used in the channel state information to be reported to the base station; measuring a channel state using the information on the plurality of patterns; and selecting a portion of the measured channel state based on the selection information, and reporting the selected portion to the base station. The above-described solution enables the efficient reporting of channel state information including CQIICSI, thus improving communication efficiency.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)

This application is a continuation application of prior application Ser.No. 15/012,212, filed on Feb. 1, 2016 and prior application Ser. No.13/978,491, filed on Jul. 5, 2013, which has issued as U.S. Pat. No.9,253,659 on Feb. 2, 2016 and claimed the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §371of an International application filed on Jan. 11, 2012 and assignedapplication number PCT/KR2012/000284, which claimed the benefit of aU.S. provisional application filed on Jan. 11, 2011 in the U.S. Patentand Trademark Office and assigned Ser. No. 61/431,635, the entiredisclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for reportingCQI/CSI measurement information efficiently.

Description of the Related Art

The mobile communication system has been developed for the user tocommunicate on the move. With the rapid advance of technologies, themobile communication system has evolved to the level capable ofproviding high speed data communication service as well as voicetelephony service.

Recently, as one of the next generation mobile communication system,Long Term Evolution (LTE) is on the standardization by the 3^(rd)Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). LTE is a technology designed toprovide high speed packet-based communication of up to 100 Mbps and aimsat commercial deployment around 2010 timeframe. In order to accomplishthe aim, a discussion is being held on several schemes: one scheme forreducing the number of nodes located in a communication path bysimplifying a configuration of the network, and another scheme formaximally approximating wireless protocols to wireless channels.

Meanwhile, unlike voice service, the data service is provided on theresource determined according to the data amount to be transmitted andchannel condition. Accordingly, the wireless communication system,especially cellular communication, is provided with a scheduler managestransmission resource allocation in consideration of the requiredresource amount, channel condition, data amount, etc. This is the factin the LTE system as the next generation mobile communication system,and the scheduler located at the base station manages the transmissionresource allocation.

Recent studies are focused on the LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) for improvingdata rate with the adaptation of several new techniques to legacy LTEsystem. For such a leap in technology, Inter-Cell InterferenceCoordination (ICIC) is also evolving to enhanced ICIC (eICIC) orTime-domain ICIC. The eICIC/Time-domain ICIC is a technique to mitigateinter-cell interference to the victim cell by reducing transmit power ina cell causing interference or totally muting data transmission in unitof subframe.

The UE located in the victim cell can have an opportunity for channelmeasurement to maintain the radio link to the victim cell and transmitdata only in the corresponding subframe. This subframe is referred to asAlmost Blank Subframe (ABS) and appears in a predetermined pattern.

The ABSs are offered in various patterns, particularly, two ABS patternsfor CQI/CSI measurement. These patterns are notified to the UE throughRRC signal. The UE has to perform CQI/CSI report with one of these twopatterns. There is therefore a need of a method for determining thepattern to be applied.

DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION Technical Problem

The present invention provides a method for measuring and reportingchannel information capable of selecting one of plural patterns for theUE to report CQI/CSI measurement efficiently in an evolved LTE system.

Solution to Problem

In order to solve the above problem, a channel state measurementinformation report method of a terminal includes receiving pluralpatterns for use in channel state measurement from a base station;receiving a selection information for selecting one of the patterns tobe used in reporting channel state information; measuring the channelstates using the plural patterns; and reporting the channel stateselected among the measured channel states based on the selectioninformation.

Advantageous Effects

The present invention is capable of reporting the channel stateinformation including CQI/CSI efficiently, resulting in improvement ofcommunication efficiency.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an interference scenario between amacro cell and a CSG cell.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an interference scenario between amacro cell and a pico cell.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a pattern for use in the eICICtechnique.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating RRC signaling.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating embodiment 1.

FIG. 6 is a message flow diagram illustrating embodiment 2.

FIG. 7 is a signal flow diagram illustrating embodiment 3.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating conventional periodic CQI/CSI reportprocedure in FDD.

FIG. 9 is a pattern selection method using scheduling information ofconventional CSI-RS.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating UE operation according to embodiment4.

FIG. 11 is a signal flow diagram for describing embodiment 5.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating internal structure of the UEaccording to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating UE operations in embodiment 2.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating eNB operations in embodiment 2.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS

Exemplary embodiments of the present invention are described withreference to the accompanying drawings in detail.

Detailed description of well-known functions and structures incorporatedherein may be omitted to avoid obscuring the subject matter of thepresent invention. This aims to omit unnecessary description so as tomake the subject matter of the present invention clear.

For the same reason, some of elements are exaggerated, omitted orsimplified in the drawings and the elements may have sizes and/or shapesdifferent from those shown in drawings, in practice. The same referencenumbers are used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or likeparts.

Hereinafter, a description is made of the mobile terminal according toembodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanyingdrawings.

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for reportingCQI/CSI measurement information efficiently.

There are various types of cells in the LTE system. For example, aClosed Subscriber Group (CSG) cell serves a constrained set of UEs. TheCSG cell is mainly directed to providing indoor service and has smallservice coverage. A pico cell has small service coverage and mainlydeployed at a hot spot area with frequent traffic of data. These cellshave relatively short radius service coverage as compared to the macrocell, and plural CSG cell and pico cells may be deployed in the servicearea of one macro cell. At this time, this may incur interferencebetween the macro cell and CSG or pico cell.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an interference scenario between amacro cell and a CSG cell. Referring to FIG. 1, the UE 105 connects tothe macro cell 10 to receive service. At this time, the UE moves to theservice area of the CSG cell 110. If it is not a member of the CSG cell110, the UE 105 is interfered significantly by the signal from the CSGcell. In this case, the CSG cell 110 becomes the aggressor cell, and themacro cell 100 becomes the victim cell.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an interference scenario between amacro cell and a pico cell.

Referring to FIG. 2, the UE connects to the pico cell to receiveservice. The UE 205 moves in the direction from the pico cell 210 to theeNB of the macro cell 200. In this case, the UE 205 is interferedsignificantly by the signal from the macro cell. The interference fromthe macro cell may be cancelled by performing handover to the macrocell. However, the pico cell 210 may be required to serve more users forthe sake of operation efficiency and, in this case, it is necessary forthe users at the cell boundary to be served by the pico cell 210. Inthis case, the macro cell 200 becomes the aggressor cell, and the picocell 201 the victim cell.

The eICIC is a technique to mitigate interference form the aggressorcell to the victim cell in these inter-cell interference scenarios. Theaggressor cell decreases transmission power or mutes data transmissionaccording to a predetermined pattern in unit of subframe so as tomitigate the interference to the victim cell. In contrast, the UE in thevictim cell performs channel measurement in the corresponding subframeto maintain the radio link with the victim cell and be scheduled fordata transmission. Such a subframe is referred to as Almost BlankSubframe and appears in a predetermined pattern.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a pattern for use in the eICICtechnique.

FIG. 3 shows the victim cell's consecutive subframe structure 300 andthe aggressor cell's consecutive subframe structure 305. In theaggressor cell, the subframe with reduced transmission power or muted isreferred to as ABS 310.

The other subframes can be used for data transmission based on thelegacy power control. There is little or no interference to the victimcell in ABSs but may be significant interference to the victim cell inother cells 315.

For example, the victim cell restricts channel or CQI/CSI measurementaccording to the positions of the ABS subframes 310. The restrictedsubframes 320 and non-restricted subframes 325 are indicated by 0 and 1in a pattern of subframes which the eNB notifies the UE through RRCsignaling. The subframes indicated by 1 are ABSs 310 in which channelmeasurement or CQI/CSI measurement is not restricted. A 40-bit bitmap isused for FDD, and the bitmap size varies in TDD according to TDDconfiguration. In TDD, the bitmap size is 70 bits for TDD configuration0, 20 bits for TDD configurations 1 to 5, and 60 bits for TDDconfiguration 6.

FIG. 3 is directed to the FDD case of using 40-bit bitmap correspondingto ABS information for 4 frames (40 ms), i.e. 40 subframes. This patterninformation is applied repeatedly every 40 subframes. There may be thepatterns of other purposes than aforementioned as follows.

Pattern 1: pattern for restricting measurement in serving cell

Pattern 2: pattern for restricting measurement in victim cell on thesame frequency as the service cell

Pattern 3: pattern for restricting CQI/CSI measurement in serving cell

Particularly, pattern 3 for restricting CQI/CSI measurement isclassified into one of two patterns for control efficiency. These twopatterns may include non-ABS subframes and notified to the UE throughRRC signaling.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating RRC signaling.

Referring to FIG. 4, the UE 400 receives RRC connection reconfigurationmessage including the pattern information for CQI/CSI measurement fromthe eNB 405 at step 410. If the csi-SubframePatternConfig IE of the RRCconnection reconfiguration message includes the pattern informationalong with a setup instruction, CQI/CSI measurement is performed at thesubframe of which corresponding bit is set to 1 in the pattern bitmap.If the RRC connection reconfiguration message includingcsi-SubframePatternConfig IE with a release instruction at step 415, theUE stops the ongoing eICIC.

If the information on the two patterns is received in RRC connectionreconfiguration message, the UE performs CQI/CSI measurement per patternindependently. The uplink CQI/CSI report is performed periodically ornon-periodically.

In the case of periodic CQI/CSI report, the measurement result acquiredwith one of the two patterns is selected. At this time, there is a needof selecting the pattern to be applied for measurement.

Embodiment 1

Though explicit signaling, it is indicated which pattern is used forCQI/CSI report in specific subframes. This signaling is made with abitmap of which each bit indicates the pattern to be applied to thesubframe. The first pattern is indicated by ‘0’ while the second patternis indicated by ‘1’. The size of the bitmap may be fixed or variableaccording to the FDD or TDD configuration. In the case of the bitmapvariable in size, the bitmap is 40 bits for FDD; and 20, 60, or 70 bitsdepending on the TDD configuration. The subframe corresponding to eachbit of the bitmap may be the subframe supporting CQI/CSI report or thesubframe in which CQI/CSI request is received.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating embodiment 1.

Referring to FIG. 5, the eNB 505 triggers the eICIC operation at step510. The eNB 505 sends the UE 500 the information for use in CQI/CSIreport along with the eICIC execution instruction through RRC signalingat step 515. The bitmap information 520 indicates the pattern to beapplied at the CQI/CSI report timing 525.

The UE 500 compares the subframe for CQI/CSI report with the bitmapinformation and, applies the first pattern for the subframe set to 0 inthe bitmap and the second pattern for the subframe set to 1 in the bitmap. Depending on the embodiment, it is possible to interpret theinformation oppositely.

Embodiment 2

Independent CQI/CSI configurations for CQI/CSI measurement are providedfor use with two distinct ABS patterns.

This means that there is one CQI/CSI configuration for use with thefirst pattern and another CQI/CSI configuration for use with the secondpattern. Accordingly, the CQI/CSI informations acquired with distinctpatterns are reported independently.

The two independent CQI/CSI configuration informations may include theinformation for use in determining the periodic report timings such ascqi-pmi-ConfigIndex and ri-ConfigIndex as well as the patterninformation. Also, only the CQI/CSI configuration information can beprovided independently.

In a certain subframe, both the two CQI/CSI configurations may beapplied. In this case, it is required to select one of the two CQI/CSIreports. For example, the CQI/CSI configuration applying the first ABSpattern may instruct to report CQI/CSI information at an interval ofevery 2ms while the other CQI/CSI configuration applying the second ABSpattern instructs to report CQI/CSI information at every 5ms. If thestart points are identical, the two CQI/CSI reporting timings collidesat the time corresponding to the common multiples of 2 and 5 such as10ms and 20 and thus one of the two CQI/CSI reports has to be sentselectively.

In order to accomplish this, 1-bit indicator is used in this embodiment.The corresponding indicator indicates the pattern which is used foracquiring the CSI-RS information to be transmitted in the collidingsubframe.

If the indicator is set to 0, this means the CQI/CSI report acquiredusing the first ABS pattern and, otherwise, if the indicator is set to1, this means the CQI/CSI report acquired using the second ABS pattern.

The 1-bit indicator is transmitted through RRC signaling or provided inthe CQI/CSI configuration. Instead of using the indicator, it ispossible to indicate the pattern implicitly.

For example, it is possible to configured such that when two CQI/CSIreport timings collide the CQI/CSI information acquired with the firstor second ABS pattern is transmitted unconditionally.

FIG. 6 is a message flow diagram illustrating embodiment 2.

Referring to FIG. 6, the eNB 605 triggers the eICIC operation at step610. The sends the UE 600 the CQI/CSI configuration information forCQI/CSI measurement and report with two patterns through RRC signalingat step 615.

For example, the CQI/CSI configuration information includes in time axispattern information. As aforementioned, this indicator indicates thepattern to be used for CQI/CSI information report in the subframe wheretwo CQI/CSI reports collide.

In this embodiment, the CQI/CSI reports with the two distinct patternsare performed at the respective periods of 2 ms and 5 ms. Through steps620 to 640, the CQI/CSI reports with the respective patterns areperformed without overlap. However, the CQI/CSI report timings of SFN=1and subframe=8 become identical with each other. As described above, theUE is capable of determining the CQI/CSI information to be reported atthe next report occasion based on the 1-bit indicator information atstep 645. In embodiment 2, the second pattern B is selected such thatthe CQI/CSI report is performed with the corresponding pattern.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating UE operations in embodiment 2.

Referring to FIG. 13, the UE receives RRC connection reconfigurationincluding CQI/CSI configuration information at step 1300. Theinformation includes two independent patterns informations.

The UE acquires periodic CQI/CSI report timings in the two patternsbased on the corresponding configuration information at step 1305. TheUE checks whether the next CQI/CSI report timings in the two patternsmatch each other at step 1310. If the timings match, the UE determineswhether the indicator received from the eNB is set to 0 or 1 at step1315.

If the indicator is set to 0, the UE reports the CQI/CSI informationassociated with the first pattern at step 1320. Otherwise, if theindicator is set to 1, the UE reports the CQI/CSI information associatedwith the second pattern to the eNB at step 1325.

If the CQI/CSI report timings mismatch, the UE reports the CQI/CSIinformation at the corresponding occasion of the pattern to the eNB atstep 1330.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating eNB operations in embodiment 2.

Referring to FIG. 14, the eNB provides the UE with two independentpattern configuration informations using the RRC connectionreconfiguration message at step 1400. The eNB receives CQI/CSIinformation associated with the two patterns from the UE.

The eNB determines whether the report timings in the two patterns matcheach other at step 1405. If the report timings match, the eNB determineswhether the indicator provided to the UE at step 1410 is set to 0 or 1.

If the indicator is set to 0, the UE receives the CQI/CSI informationreported by the UE at step 1415 and stores the received information asthe CQI/CSI information of the first pattern at step 1420.

If the indicator is set to 1, the eNB receives the CQI/CSI informationreported by the UE at step 1425 and stores the received information asthe CQI/CSI information of the second pattern.

If the report timings mismatch, the eNB receives the CQI/CSI informationat step 1435 and stores the CQI/CSI information of the pattern havingthe corresponding report timing as the CQI/CSI information of first orsecond pattern at step 1440.

Embodiment 3

In embodiment 3, the CQI/CSI information associated with only one of thetwo ABS patterns can be reported.

In order to change the ABS pattern to be applied, a 1-bit indicator istransmitted through RRC signaling.

For example, the indicator is set to 0 to indicate CQI/CSI report withthe application of the first ABS pattern and 1 to indicate CQI/CSIreport with the application of the second ABS pattern.

FIG. 7 is a signal flow diagram illustrating embodiment 3.

Referring to FIG. 7, the eNB 705 triggers the eICIC operation at step710. The eNB 705 sends the UE 700 the CQI/CSI configurations associatedwith the two patterns through RRC signaling at step 715. The RRCsignaling may include a 1-bit indicator additionally.

As described above, the 1-bit indicator indicates the pattern with whichthe CQI/CSI information is to be reported. The UE 700 sends the eNB 705the CQI/CSI information of the pattern indicated by the 1-bit indicator.The UE 700 reports the CQI/CSI information of the pattern indicated bythe corresponding bit at steps 720 to 730.

If it is required to change the pattern to be applied at the eNB 705, itis possible to change the pattern through RRC signaling at step 735.After receiving this, the UE 700 reports the CQI/CSI information of thechanged pattern to the eNB 705 at step 740.

Embodiment 4

In this embodiment, the pattern to be applied for CQI report in aspecific subframe is indicated by the scheduling information on CSI-RS(Reference Signal).

The CSI-RS scheduling information for use in CQI/CSI report is specifiedin TS36.213. The CQI/CSI information is acquired based on the CSI-RStransmitted in the subframe preceding the subframe used in reporting theCQI/CSI as many as a few subframes.

The CSI-RS is measured by UE and a set of subframes provided in apredetermined pattern used in acquiring the CSI information.

In the case of periodic CQI/CSI report, the CSI-RS transmitted at themost recent subframe among the subframes preceding four subframes beforeis used.

In the case of non-periodic CQI/CSI report, the CSI-RS transmitted foursubframes before in FDD while it is variable in TDD depending on the TDDconfiguration.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating conventional periodic CQI/CSI reportprocedure in FDD.

Referring to FIG. 8, the CQI/CSI information is acquired based on theCSI-RS transmitted at the subframe 800 preceding four subframes beforethe subframe 805 for use in CQI report.

The non-periodic CQI/CSI report request is performed with DCI format 0or 4 in the corresponding subframe 800. If a subframe for a specificpurpose such as MBSFN matches the subframe carrying CSI-RS and thus theCSI-RS transmission is not transmitted, the CQI/CSI report is skipped.

In the case of reporting CQI/CSI in the subframe 805, the CQI/CSI reportof the corresponding pattern is performed according to which CQI/CSIpattern is indicated by 1 in the preceding subframe 800 as the referenceresource for CQI/CSI report. The measurement and report procedures aredescribed afterward.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a method for indicating which patternis applied for the CQI/CSI report transmitted at a specific frame usingthe scheduling information of conventional CSI-RS (Reference Signal).

Referring to FIG. 9, the patterns for reporting CQI/CSI are classifiedinto CSI pattern A 900 and CSI pattern B 905.

Each pattern indicates the subframes to be used for CQI/CSI measurement.If CQI/CSI report is performed at the subframe 915 the UE determineswhether the subframe 910 considering CSI-RS matches the subframeindicated by one of the patterns.

The CSI pattern A 900 does not indicate the subframe matching thesubframe carrying CSI-RS to be referenced. In contrast, the CSI-RSpattern B 905 indicates a subframe 920 matching the subframe carryingCSI-RS.

The CQI/CSI report in the subframe 915 in which CSI report is performedwith the application of the pattern B as the second pattern.

The problem occurs when both the patterns indicate the subframereferencing the CSI-RS or there is no pattern indicating thecorresponding subframe. In order to solve this problem, the pattern tobe applied for CQI/CSI report carried in a specific subframe isindicated through explicit signaling with 1 bit.

The 1-bit indicator is set to 0 for indicating application of the firstABS pattern and 1 for indicating application of the second ABS pattern.According to an embodiment, the indication can be made with 2 bits toindicate the case of applying no pattern. The description of theindicator may vary depending on the pattern but not limited to the abovedescription.

In another method, the pattern to be applied can be indicatedimplicitly. For example, if both the two patterns indicating thesubframe referencing the CSI-RS, the CQI/CSI information may be reportedwith the application of the first or second ABS pattern unconditionally.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating UE operation according to embodiment4.

Referring to FIG. 10, the UE receives the CQI/CSI-RS configurationinformation included in RRC connection configuration at step 1005.

The UE checks whether both the two patterns are indicated by 1 for theCSI-RS subframe at the next CQI/CSI report timing at step 1010.

If both the two patterns are indicated by 1, the UE determines whetherthe 1-bit indicator pre-provided by the eNB is set to 0 or 1 at step1015.

If the indicator is set to 0, the UE reports CQI/CSI information for thefirst pattern. In this embodiment, the first pattern is pattern A, andthe second pattern is pattern B.

If the indicator is set to 1, the UE reports the CQI/CSI information forthe second pattern.

If none of the two patterns is indicated by 1 at step 1010, the UEchecks the pattern indicating the subframe carrying CSI-RS used foracquiring CQI/CSI at step 1030.

If the pattern indicating the subframe carrying CSI-RS used foracquiring CQI/CSI is the first pattern at step 1030, the UE reports theCQI/CSI information for the corresponding pattern at step 1035.

If the pattern indicating the subframe carrying CSI-RS used foracquiring CQI/CSI is the second pattern at step 1030, the UE reports theCQI/CSI information for the corresponding pattern at step 1040.

If there is no pattern indicating the subframe carrying CSI-RS used foracquiring CQI/CSI at step 1030, the corresponding CQI/CSI report timingis skipped such that the UE does not report any CQI/CSI information tothe eNB.

Embodiment 5

In this embodiment, the CQI/CSI report pattern is hard-coded in the UEor the eNB signals a ‘repetition factor’.

In the case of using the hard code configured in the UE, the UE performCQI/CSI report according to the predetermined pattern.

That is, the order of patterns to be applied for CQI/CSI has beendetermined already, and the CQI/CSI information for the correspondingpattern is sent according to this order. In this embodiment, the firstpattern is pattern A and the second pattern is pattern B.

For example, the patterns are hard-coded in the order of first patter,second pattern, first pattern, second pattern, and first pattern in theUE such that the CQI/CSI information is reported according to thisorder. Another method is to notify of the order by signaling ‘repetitionfactor’ to the UE.

For example, the signal including ENUMERATED {1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1, 2, 4, 8,spare1} can be transmitted as the repetition fact. Here, 1 indicatesthat the first and second patterns are applied alternately.

That is, the order of first pattern, second pattern, first pattern,second pattern, and first pattern is applied. 2 indicates that if thefirst pattern is applied twice, the second pattern is appliedsubsequently and this is repeated. That is, the order of first pattern,first pattern, second pattern, first pattern, first pattern, and secondpattern is applied. 1/2 indicates that if the first pattern is appliedonce the second pattern is applied twice subsequently and this isrepeated.

Such a series of patterns can be reset at every start time of SFN cycle,and other repetition factor can be executed in the same method asdescribed above.

FIG. 11 is a signal flow diagram for describing embodiment 5.

Referring to FIG. 11, the eNB 1105 triggers the eICIC operation at step1110.

The eNB 1105 may indicates the order of the two patterns to be appliedfor CQI/CSI information report through RRC signaling at step 1115.

For example, if the repetition factor is 2, the UE sends the CQI/CSIreport for pattern A twice and then the CQI/CSI report for pattern Bonce.

This is repeated until receiving RRC signaling again. Such a reportingpattern can be reset at every start time of SFN cycle.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating internal structure of the UEaccording to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 12, the UE communicates data with higher layer 1210and transmits/receives control message through a control messageprocessor 1215.

When transmitting control signals or data to the eNB, the UE multiplexesthe control signals or data by means of the multiplexer/demultiplexer1205 and transmits the data through the transceiver 1200 under thecontrol of the controller 1220.

In contrast, if a signal is received by the transceiver, the UE receivesthe physical signal by means of the transceiver 1200 under the controlof the controller 1220. The received signal is demultiplexed by themultiplexer/demultiplexer 1205 and then transferred to the higher layerdevice 1210 or the control message processor 1215 according to therespective message informations.

It is to be appreciated that those skilled in the art can change ormodify the embodiments without departing the technical concept of thisinvention. Accordingly, it should be understood that above-describedembodiments are essentially for illustrative purpose only but not in anyway for restriction thereto. Thus the scope of the invention should bedetermined by the appended claims and their legal equivalents ratherthan the specification, and various alterations and modifications withinthe definition and scope of the claims are included in the claims.

Although preferred embodiments of the invention have been describedusing specific terms, the specification and drawings are to be regardedin an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense in order to helpunderstand the present invention. It is obvious to those skilled in theart that various modifications and changes can be made thereto withoutdeparting from the broader spirit and scope of the invention.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method by a terminal, the method comprising:receiving at least two subframe sets for measuring channel state andinformation on a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, the informationindicating for which subframe set a channel state information (CSI)report is triggered, if the CSI report is triggered; receiving downlinkcontrol information (DCI) for triggering the CSI report in a firstsubframe; identifying a subframe set of the at least two subframe setsbased on the information; and transmitting channel state information ina third subframe, the channel state information being measured in asecond subframe determined based on the third subframe and theidentified subframe set.
 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the downlinkcontrol information includes bit information for triggering the CSIreport.
 3. The method of claim 1, wherein an interval between the secondsubframe and the third subframe is a smallest value greater than orequal to 4, and wherein the second subframe is included in theidentified subframe set.
 4. The method of claim 1, wherein an intervalbetween the first subframe and third subframe is
 4. 5. A method by abase station, the method comprising: transmitting at least two subframesets for measuring channel state and information on a radio resourcecontrol (RRC) signaling, the information indicating for which subframeset a channel state information (CSI) report is triggered, if the CSIreport is triggered; transmitting downlink control information (DCI) fortriggering the CSI report in a first subframe; and receiving channelstate information in a third subframe, the channel state informationbeing measured in a second subframe determined based on the thirdsubframe and a subframe set, and wherein the subframe set is identifiedof the at least two subframe sets based on the information.
 6. Themethod of claim 5, wherein the downlink control information includes bitinformation for triggering the CSI report.
 7. The method of claim 6,wherein an interval between the second subframe and the third subframeis a smallest value greater than or equal to 4, and wherein the secondsubframe is included in the identified subframe set.
 8. The method ofclaim 6, wherein an interval between the first subframe and thirdsubframe is
 4. 9. A terminal for measuring channel state in a wirelesscommunication system, the terminal comprising: a transceiver fortransmitting and receiving a signal; and a controller configured to:receive at least two subframe sets for measuring channel state andinformation on a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, the informationindicating for which subframe set a channel state information (CSI)report is triggered, if the CSI report is triggered, receive downlinkcontrol information (DCI) for triggering the CSI report in a firstsubframe, identify a subframe set of the at least two subframe setsbased on the information, and transmit channel state information in athird subframe, the channel state information being measured in a secondsubframe determined based on the third subframe and the identifiedsubframe set.
 10. The terminal of claim 9, wherein the downlink controlinformation includes bit information for triggering the CSI report. 11.The terminal of claim 9, wherein an interval between the second subframeand the third subframe is a smallest value greater than or equal to 4,and wherein the second subframe is included in the identified subframeset.
 12. The terminal of claim 9, wherein an interval between the firstsubframe and third subframe is
 4. 13. A base station for measuringchannel state in a wireless communication system, the base stationcomprising: a transceiver for transmitting and receiving a signal; and acontroller configured to: transmit at least two subframe sets formeasuring channel state and information on a radio resource control(RRC) signaling, the information indicating for which subframe set achannel state information (CSI) report is triggered, if the CSI reportis triggered, transmit downlink control information (DCI) for triggeringthe CSI report in a first subframe, and receive channel stateinformation in a third subframe, the channel state information beingmeasured in a second subframe determined based on the third subframe anda subframe set, and wherein the subframe set is identified of the atleast two subframe sets based on the information.
 14. The base stationof claim 13, wherein the downlink control information includes bitinformation for triggering the CSI report.
 15. The base station of claim13, wherein an interval between the second subframe and the thirdsubframe is a smallest value greater than or equal to 4, and wherein thesecond subframe is included in the identified subframe set.
 16. The basestation of claim 13, wherein an interval between the first subframe andthird subframe is 4.